Big Labor Blago
The website Pro Publica that offers “Journalism in the Public Interest” peeks behind the curtain and reveals a long co-dependent relationship between the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Union Corruption
It’s not often the New York Times opens its eyes and gives its readers a headline like this — “Union Linked to Corruption Scandal.”…
SEIU Mentioned in Blagojevich Criminal Complaint
The governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, has been arrested, and it’s no surprise that union activists appear to be involved in the scandal. On page 69 of the criminal complaint against the Governor, government pleadings mention discussions with an “SEIU…
Union Boss Accused of Embezzlement
KGO-TV in San Francisco is reporting that “[a] group of San Francisco sheriff’s deputies is suing their union president, charging he embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars.” Five sheriff deputies are accusing their union president, [David Wong] and other officers…
Can We Get Specter Back?
Republican Sen. Arlen Specter (PA) was the only member of his party to support a motion to bring the Card Check Scam Bill to the Senate floor. Such a motion requires 60 votes. With Pro-Big Labor Democrats gaining even more…
Card Check Quandary
The controversial Card Check Scam Bill is causing a “quandary” for Barack Obama, according to his hometown newspaper, the Chicago Tribune. Calling the bill one of the “thorniest issues his administration will face,” Obama is being squeezed between his union…
Pop Quiz
The Wall Street Journal asks its readers to take a pop quiz: Who’s donated the most money to an effort in California to defeat Proposition 8, an initiative on the November 4 ballot that would define marriage as between…
Another $20 Million in Big Labor Political Spending
Add another $20 million in the already ballooning political budget of the union bosses. The “Change to Win labor federation” is “. . . spending more than $20 million — mostly under the radar — to help elect Democrats in…
Teacher Speaks Out
Larry Sand, a classroom teacher in Los Angeles for more than 27 years, is telling fellow Californians that the actions of the union bosses of the California teachers unions are being done without his support or consent. Unfortunately, he…